(January 11, 2016, 8:38 AM EST) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The federal judge in New York overseeing the criminal case against alleged Ponzi scheme operator Martin Shkreli on Jan. 7 issued a restraining order preventing Shkreli or any of his associates from using the funds of a $45 million E*Trade individual brokerage account (United States of America v. Martin Shkreli, No. 15-637, E.D. N.Y.).

(Restraining order available. Document #57-160120-027R.)

U.S. Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the Eastern District of New York issued the order, stating that “Defendant Shkreli, as well as his agents,...